THE PRESIDENT’S LETTER
By Danny Molyneux, Quest Integrity, UK
Welcome to my final President’s letter! It is hard to believe my tenure is drawing to a close already. I am glad to remain on the Board for one more year and support the next President, Odd Reidar Boye. It has been a fun experience for me and definitely one that I would recommend. Every year, two new Directors are appointed and I would encourage any of our members to put themselves forward. It is not a difficult role – even I can do it! That is, of course,
entirely thanks to the consistently great work of our wonderful Secretary Diane Cordell. So I do hope you will consider applying – remember, pushing yourself out of your comfort zone is a great way to continue personal and professional growth.
I would like to extend my gratitude to everyone who attended our Operational Pipeline Pigging Seminar in Aberdeen. The standard of presentations was extremely high and showcased a wide variety of pigging activities such as cleaning,
isolation, inspection, tracking, returns handling, pig design and testing. I understand our members who took spots in the exhibition were delighted with the number of potential customers in attendance.
I am always keen to seek feedback on PPSA events and was delighted by how much positivity the attendees offered. The addition of a dinner and Scottish dance to the program was well received and it was fantastic to see pigging peers from all over the world take their first ceilidh steps on the dancefloor. This is definitely something we would like to repeat in future years!
The event calendar does not stop, and February is a busy month. The PPSA Golf Tournament takes place on Monday 12th at The Wildcat Golf Club in Houston, with participants raising funds for Young Pipeline Professionals projects.
This is immediately followed by our annual general meeting and the Pipeline Pigging and Integrity Management (PPIM) conference. Further into the year, we will exhibit at the Pipeline Technology Conference (ptc) in Berlin and the IPC Conference in
Calgary. I hope to catch you in person at one of these.
P.S. What is the strangest thing you have ever seen pigged out of a line? I heard a new one last week that a friend witnessed – a bicycle frame! The pipe can remain anonymous.
